moravsulliWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mora” and “ulli” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#32,322
“ulli” frequency rank
82225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora ulli
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Dativ Singular des Indefinitpronomens ullus

Letter map: mora vs ulli

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and ulli apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mora (CVCV) and ulli (VCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
ulli

Spelling & dictionary notes on mora vs ulli

mora and ulli are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. ulli is at rank #32,322, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 82225, this pair ranks #161,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs ulli

Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "ulli": ilu.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ulli" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • ulli ← luli · uli · ulil

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "ulli" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "ulli" - which ranks higher?
"ulli" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,322 in our German list, against #49,903 for "mora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mora" and "ulli". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ulli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #161,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "ulli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #161,079 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list